Conjugation of the verb instruct in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb instruct in English.

Conjugation of the verb instruct in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I instruct
  • you instruct
  • he|she|it instructs
  • we instruct
  • you instruct
  • they instruct

Present Continuous

  • I am instructing
  • you are instructing
  • he|she|it is instructing
  • we are instructing
  • you are instructing
  • they are instructing

Present Perfect

  • I have instructed
  • you have instructed
  • he|she|it has instructed
  • we have instructed
  • you have instructed
  • they have instructed

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been instructing
  • you have been instructing
  • he|she|it has been instructing
  • we have been instructing
  • you have been instructing
  • they have been instructing

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb instruct in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I instructed
  • you instructed
  • he|she|it instructed
  • we instructed
  • you instructed
  • they instructed

Past continuous

  • I was instructing
  • you were instructing
  • he|she|it was instructing
  • we were instructing
  • you were instructing
  • they were instructing

Past perfect

  • I had instructed
  • you had instructed
  • he|she|it had instructed
  • we had instructed
  • you had instructed
  • they had instructed

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been instructing
  • you had been instructing
  • he|she|it had been instructing
  • we had been instructing
  • you had been instructing
  • they had been instructing

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb instruct in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will instruct
  • you will instruct
  • he|she|it will instruct
  • we will instruct
  • you will instruct
  • they will instruct

Future continuous

  • I will be instructing
  • you will be instructing
  • he|she|it will be instructing
  • we will be instructing
  • you will be instructing
  • they will be instructing

Future perfect

  • I will have instructed
  • you will have instructed
  • he|she|it will have instructed
  • we will have instructed
  • you will have instructed
  • they will have instructed

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been instructing
  • you will have been instructing
  • he|she|it will have been instructing
  • we will have been instructing
  • you will have been instructing
  • they will have been instructing

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to instruct

Present participle

  • instructing

Past participle

  • instructed

Perfect Participle

  • having instructed

The imperative in English, for the verb to instruct

Imperative

  • instruct
  • let's instruct
  • instruct

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